Division Word Problems with Remainder

A car can carry five people. 38 people need transport. How many cars are needed so everyone will be able to ride?

• 38 ÷ 5 = 7 r 3 so we need seven cars

• 38 ÷ 5 = 7 r 3 so we need eight cars

• 38 ÷ 5 = 7 r 3 so we need three cars

• 38 ÷ 5 = 7 r 3 so we need ten cars

A baker makes 54 cakes. Five cakes fit in each box. How many boxes will he need to put all the cakes in a box?

• 54 ÷ 5 = 10 r 4 so he needs ten boxes

• 54 ÷ 5 = 10 r 4 so he needs four boxes

• 54 ÷ 5 = 10 r 4 so he needs eleven boxes

• 54 ÷ 5 = 10 r 4 so he needs fourteen boxes

Four monkeys share 25 bananas equally. How many whole bananas does each monkey get?

• 25 ÷ 4 = 6 r 1 so each monkey gets six bananas

• 25 ÷ 4 = 6 r 1 so each monkey gets seven bananas

• 25 ÷ 4 = 6 r 1 so each monkey gets sixteen bananas

• 25 ÷ 4 = 6 r 1 so each monkey gets one banana

There are 21 shapes below. How many groups of 9 can you make with them? How many will you have left?

• 2 with a remainder of 1

• 2 with a remainder of 2

• 3 with a remainder of 2

• 2 with a remainder of 3

Fifty-three students are going on a field trip. The students are divided into groups of 6 students. How many groups of 6 students will there be? ​ (a)   If the remaining students form a smaller group, and one chaperone is assigned to every group, how many total chaperones are needed?​ (b)  

• 8

• 5

• 9

• 7

• 6

Ms. Wilmeth bought 4 bags of candy. Each bag contained 8 pieces of candy. She put an equal number of all the pieces into each of 9 gift boxes.

How many pieces of candy were left over?

Mathematical Equivalence

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Ore uses 30 craft sticks to make each toy cabin. He has a box of 342 draft sticks. How many toy cabins can Ore make?

• 11 cabins

• 11 cabins with 2 left over

• 12 cabins with 12 left over

• 11 cabins with 12 left over

William has 3614 books. He can put 91 books on each shelf in his bookshelf. How many bookshelves can he fill with books and how many books are leftover to be filled in the shelf?

• 38 shelves & 64 leftover books

• 39 shelves & 64 leftover books

• 40 shelves and 65 leftover books

• 39 shelves and 65 leftover books

Four monkeys share 26 bananas equally. How many bananas will be left with no owner?

• one banana

• two bananas

• three bananas

• four bananas

There are 28 beyblades and 6 players. How many beyblade can each player get to have equal numbers and how many will be left with no owner?

• 4 for each player, 4 with no owner

• 4 for each player, 6 with no owner

• 3 for each player, 5 with no owner

• 3 for each player, 4 with no owner